Medani P. Bhandari

Prof. Medani P. Bhandari completed his M.A. in Anthropology (Nepal),

M.Sc. Environmental System Monitoring and Analysis (the Netherlands),

M.A. Sustainable International Development (USA), M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology

(USA).He is dedicated to conservation of nature and natural resources

and social empowerment through research and action project. His purpose

of life is to give or contribute to the society fullest through whatever he has,

earned, learned or experienced, within the Principles of “BASHUDAIVAKUTUMBAKKAM

and Live and Let Other Live”. He has worked with

various organizations as consultant – UNEP/Adelaide University, UNDP,

IUCN,WWF, WRI,Winrock International, the Japan Environment Education

Forum, and the Pajaro Jai Foundation (PJF), along with others. During

2015–17, he served as a Professor of Natural Resources and Environment

at the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. Prof. Bhandari has spent most of

his career focusing on the Sociological Theories; Environmental Sustainability;

Social Inclusion, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Environmental

Health Hazard; Environmental Management; Social Innovation;

Developing along the way expertise in Global and International Environmental

Politics, Environmental Institutions and Natural Resources Governance;

Climate Change Policy and Implementation, Environmental Justice, Sustainable

Development; Theory of Natural Resources Governance; Impact

Evaluation of Rural Livelihood; International Organizations; Public/Social

Policy; The Non-Profit Sector; Low Carbon Mechanism; Good Governance;

Climate Adaptation; REDD Plus; Carbon Financing; Green Economy and

Renewable Energy; Nature, Culture and Power. Prof. Bhandari’s major teaching

and research specialties include: Sociological Theories and Practices;

Environmental Health; Social and Environmental research methods; Social

and Environmental Innovation; Social and Environmental policies; Climate

Change Mitigation and Adaptation; International Environmental Governance;

Green Economy; Sustainability and assessment of the Economic, Social and

Environmental impacts on society and nature. In brief, Prof. Bhandari has

sound theoretical and practical knowledge in social science and environment

science. His field experience spans across Asia, Africa, the North America,

Western Europe, Post-Soviet Countries, Australia, Japan and the Middle East.

Professor Bhandari has published 4 books (his recent book is Medani P.

Bhandari (2018). Green Web-II: Standards and Perspectives from the IUCN,

Published, sold and distributed by: River Publishers, Denmark/the Netherlands

ISBN: 978-87-70220-12-5 (Hardback) 978-87-70220-11-8 (eBook),

and more than 70 scholarly papers in international scientific journals. Currently,

he is serving as a Professor of Inter-Disciplinary Department – Natural

Resource & Environment/Sustainability Studies, at the Akamai University,

USA and Professor of the Department of Finance and Entrepreneurship,

Sumy State University (SSU) Ukraine; and International Program Coordinator,

Atlantic State Legal Foundation, NY, USA (remotely).